Natural Resources/Wetlands

  • Molly’s Falls Channel Relocation

    The Cabot-Danville US 2 Segment 1 highway stormwater improvements included relocating a reach of Molly’s Falls Brook. The project required site inspection coordinated with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources District Fisheries Biologist, Stream Alteration Engineer, and VTrans representatives. To relocate the brook, D&K collected site data and developed a design utilizing hydraulic engineering and…

  • Wetland Mitigation, US 2, Segment 1

    The US 2 Segment 1 safety project required permitting, design, and planning services for the mitigation of impacts to nearby habitats. D&K conducted a wildlife habitat assessment and mitigation; identification, design, construction, and monitoring of a wetland mitigation site; permitting services; a site plan and conditional use approval from East Montpelier; coordination with state and…

  • Stormwater for US 7, VT 2A, VT 127

    Stormwater design and permitting assistance was required for the widening and upgrade of approximately one mile of roadway near the intersections of Routes 7, 2A, and 127. The project entailed widening, overlay, and reconstruction, as well as new curbing, drainage, bike lanes, signals, and signage. D&K provided drainage design, hydrologic analysis of stormwater runoff rates…

  • On-Call Hydro Project Support

    D&K provides civil, structural, mechanical, water resource, dam, environmental, and geotechnical engineering and permitting assistance to support maintenance and upgrades to a Northeast-focused hydroelectric utility. Project types include penstock inspections, power generation and project redevelopment studies, new fish passage systems, fish passage system maintenance, FERC licensing support services, permitting assistance, survey, substation and lattice structure…

  • Hydro & Substation Projects for GMP

    Green Mountain Power (GMP) is a private electrical utility provider that maintains much of Vermont’s electrical distribution and hydroelectric power-generating infrastructure, solar farms, and natural gas cogeneration facilities. As GMP has grown through expansions and small utility provider acquisitions over the past 20 years, D&K has supported approximately 200 projects, and we continue to provide…

  • New Sunderland Town Office 

    For an 11-acre, municipally owned parcel along Sunderland and Pit Roads, D&K provided wetland delineation, design, and permitting services for a new municipal office building. The one-story municipal office building is approximately 3,000 SF and has on-site water and wastewater disposal. Our engineers developed alternative site plans, coordinated with the state and federal regulators, and…

  • Hooksett Hydro Station Improvements

    To understand existing conditions and evaluate opportunities to upgrade the facility, D&K supported Patriot Hydro by providing an evaluation and designing upgrades of the 1.6MW Hooksett Hydroelectric Project. The team assessed existing conditions, including civil-structural, equipment, hydrologic and hydraulic, and natural resources. D&K also completed an electrical generation study that identified ways to optimize the…

  • Greenville Municipal Airport

    Located near Moosehead Lake, 3B1 is served by a 4,000-ft-by-75-ft runway and a 3,001-ft-by-75-ft crosswind runway, hangars, tie-downs, a fuel farm, and a terminal. Since 2017, D&K’s aviation planners and engineers have served as the lead consultant team at the airport. Recent projects have focused on the addition of taxiways, general enhancements to the terminal…